Hair curlers



Sept. 29, 1959 F'. L. GIORDANO 2,906,274

HAIR CURLERS Filed March 29, 1957 ZSheets-Sheet 1 [Ill II LI 6 INVENTOR:

W LW

32 36 BY W Sept. 29, 1959 F. L. GIQRDANQ 2,906,274

HAIR CURLERS Filed March 29, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1N VENTOR: W I.

BY 11- 71- wl HAIR CURLERS Francis'L: Giordano, Tompkinsville, N.Y.

Application March 29, 1957, Serial No. 649,535 Claims. cl. 132-34 Myinvention relates to devices for curling hair, and one of its objects isto facilitate the quick formation of neat curls.

Other. objects are to secure the shape of each curl before itisremovedfrom the curler by one or several hair pins, toeject each pinfroma container incorporated in the device, thereby to make unnecessarythe handling of hair pins during the curling operation, to apply eachpin to the curl in a direction crossing the axis of the curl, andthereby to-make possible to secure each curl in a position in which thecurl is near and parallel to the scalp.

Further-objects are to spread each pin temporarily while it is appliedtov the curl, thereby to grip the curl from both flat sides, and therebyto avoid that some hairs of the curl remain loose outside of the pin.

,Still other objects are to provide simple and stationary means forspreading the pins, to provide the opening Fig. 5 shows a cross-sectiontaken along the line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Fig. .6 shows a perspective view of a broken off part of the sameembodiment. i

Fig. 7 shows a perspective view of a hair pin and of a broken off pushmember to be used inthe same embodiment.

Figs. 6and 7 are represented on a much larger scale than Figs. 1 to 5.

The shown embodiment has a frame or housing which comprises parts 6, 7and 8. The part 6 may form a rectangular box. The parts 7 and 8 extendfrom this box in that direction which during the operation, points tothe scalp of the person whose hair is being curled.

The part 7 forms a tube terminating in a ring9. The

part 8 forms a container for hair pins as will be described later.

which a continuation 14 forming a shaft of square crosssection extendstoward and through the box. 6. This part 14 engages slidably the squarebore of gear element 15 which is rotatable in bores of the box 6 and, inthe shown condition extends a shortway into the part 7. A spring 16 ispositioned between a shoulder of the through which the pins are ejectedwith projections which forcethepin legs into spreading position, and toshape this opening and the pins so that the pins can pass the openingentirely despite these projections and snap into non-spread conditionafter most of the pin has been ejected.

Still'other objects are to provide a rotatable curling core which can bepartly shifted into a housing whereby a'curl formed about this core isshifted,-gathered:and collected on it into a neat and narrow shape inwhich it can be easily gripped by an ejected pin, andto provide the coreportion which receives the so shifted, gathered and collected curl withlongitudinal slots that allow passage of the pin and withdrawal of thedevice from the secured curl. 1

Still other objects are to operate the deviceby a handle, to deriverotation of the curling core and ejection of the pins from the movementof one handle, to make possible the choice between different curlingdirection without change in the position of the device relatively to thescalp, to keep the curling, core stationary while pins are ejected,andto operate -the;ejectionof pins only when curls are not being formed byrotation ofthe core. I

Still further objects are to attain these results with simple andinexpensive means and to provide a hair non-section ally.

Fig. 2 shows a view of the same embodiment seen i from the right side inFig. 1. v v Fig. .3 shows a cross-section taken along the line 3-3 inFig. 1. p v I Fig. 4 shows a detail seen from the lower side in element15 and a wall of the box 6 and urges the element into the shownposition. A spring 17 is positioned in the part 7 between the box 6 andthe core 11 and urges the latter into-the shown position in which a stop18 aflixed to the end of shaft 14 contacts the box 6.

A handle 19 passes slidably through a slot of the.

lower wall of box 6. The lower end of thi's'handle is bent to form aprojection 21. The box 6 has a parallel projection 22. The hair curlermay be 'held by two fingers, one under the projection 21 and the otherover the projection 22 and may be operated by alternately compressingand spacing these fingers. .7

Two racks 23 form a forked extension of the handle 19 and extend in thebox 6 and slidably through slots in its upper wall. A spring 24 ishooked to one of these racks and to the bottom of the box 6 and urgesthe handle with its forked extension back into the shown position whenthe handle has been moved upward.

'One of the racks 23 engages a pinion 25 which may form 'an integralpart of a transmission element that further comprises a toothed wheel 26and an axle 27. This axle is rotatable in slots 28 of a little frame 29which passes slidably through lateral slots of the box .6.- .When thisframe is shifted horizontally, the pinion 25' is disengaged from onerack and brought into engagement with the other rack whereby the rotarydirection of the pinion is reversed.

When the handle is moved upward, the engaging rack pushes the pinion 25and the wheel 26 upward until the axle 27 reaches the upper ends of theslots 28. In this raised position, the wheel 26 engages a pinion31 whichis a part of the element 15. whereby rotation in the one or the otherdirection is transmitted to the shaft 14 and to the core 11. i 1

The housing part 8 has a top wall 32, a bottom wall 33 and a verticalwall 34, which comprises a half cylinder open at one side for theinsertion of a member 35. This member has a solid portion 36 connectingan inner v cylindrical wall 37 with a less high cylindrical outer wall38, and has a bottom 39 whereby a deep arc-shaped groove 41 is formed. Aslot 42 extends along the bottom of this groove. The bottom 39 hasfurther a central bore for the passage of a shaft 43. After the member35 has been placed, this shaft is inserted in this bore and in aconcentrical bore of the top wall 32 and is secured to the housing by apin 44. The member 35 is rotatable about the shaft 43 and forms,together with walls of the housing part 8, a container or magazine forhair pins. I

Figs. 1 and 3 show this container empty for the sake of its clearerrepresentation. But it should be understood that a number of hair pins45 (see Fig. 7) are filled into the member 35 before it is placed intothe part 8. These hair pins are so positioned that their heads are inthe groove 41, their legs point toward the top wall 32 and one leg isadjacent to the cylinder wall 37.

The bottom 33 has a circular opening through which a pin 46 reacheswhich is aifixed to the member 35. The lower end of the shaft 43 reachesalso through this opening. A spring 47 connects this shaft end with thepin 46 and is so wound and tensed that this spring urges the member 35to turn in the direction of the arrow 48 in Fig. 3. Thereby the hairpins in this member are pushed in the direction of the groove 41 untilthe foremost hair pin contacts a wall 49 which extends from the housingwall 34 inward into the space over the groove 41.

The wall 49 is so positioned that this foremost hair pin is positionednear the end of the housing part 8 which is farthest from the box 6. Inline with and over this hair pin, the top wall 32 has an opening 51 forthe ejection of hair pins. The direction of this opening crosses therotary axis of the core 11 preferably directly or at small distance andpasses near and outside of the ring 9.

The details of the opening 51 are shown in Fig. 6. Seen from the upperor outer side, this opening is shaped like the letter I, the narrow stemof this I being formed by two projections 52 extending from oppositewalls of the opening 51. The broader top and bottom of the I are eachlarge enough for the passage of one hair pin leg. The verticalcross-sections of the projections 52 are broadest at the outside andtaper toward the inside whereby the projections form wedges which spreada hair pin pushed through the opening more and more until the broaderleg ends 53 have passed through. The remaining head end 54 of the hairpin is narrower than the ends 53 and not broader than the narrow I stemof the opening whereby the hair pin snaps back into closed condition assoon as the broader ends 53 are out of the opening. Further push drivesthe remaining portion 54 out of the opening.

For pushing or ejecting the hair pin, a member 55 is provided which maybe a cylindrical stem having a narrowed upper end 56 fitting the narrowportion of the opening 51. The stem 55 is guided in a lower tubularextension 57 of the housing part 8. The lower end of the member 55 isaflixed to one end of the movable core 58 of a flexible transmissionelement 59 of the well known type which is used, for example, foroperating the shutter of a camera. affixed to another stem 61 which isguided in a tubular lower extension 62 of the box 6. The flexibleelement 59 (shown broken off in Figs. 1 and ).connects the lower ends ofthe tubes 57 and 62 and is so arranged that its known inner springaction urges the stem 61 up into the box 6 and withdraws the stem 55from the inner space of the hair pin container. When the stem 61 ispushed down, the stem 55 moves up through the slot 42 of the bottom 39in the direction toward the opening 51.

An angularly bent spring 63 has an obliquely vertically extendingportion affixed to the stem 61 near the upper end of the latter and hasan about horizontally extending portion overlying this stern partially.A projection 64 is 64 is released and the stem 61 returns automaticallyin its upper original position.

With the described device, curls may be made in the following manner:

The end of a strand of hair is attached to the curling core 11 bywedging this strand end between the core and a resilient clamp 66aflixed to this core. The device is so held that the axis ofthe core 11points toward the scalp, and the handle is moved into the box 6 wherebythe core 11 is rotated and the strand is wound about the same. Ifcontinued rotation is desired, the handle may be reciprocated severaltimes without being pushed inward quite as far as possible whereby thecatch 63, 64 will not engage.

Then, the core 11 is shifted into the tube 7 whereby the ring 9 shiftsthe curl from the clamp 66 to the slotted portion of the core 11. Thisshift brings the hairs of the curl closer together in axial directionand gives the curl a neat fiat circular shape. The curling core movesinward until its stem contacts the box 6. During the last stretch ofthis way, the member 15 is shifted a little farther against the spring16 whereby the pinion 31 is moved out of line with the wheel 26. Thetube 7 has one or more inner grooves 67, each adapted to receive theclamp 66 catches the spring 63. Hence, the downward returning The otherend of the core 58 is rack 23 takes the stem 61 with itself down. Thecurling core remains stationary in a position secured by the clamp 66 inthe groove 67. In this position, a slot of the curling core lies overthe opening 51.

The downward moving stem 61 forces the stem 55 to move upward into theposition indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3 whereby the stem 55pushes the hair pin which is adjacent to the wall 49 through the opening51 and through the slotted portion of the curling core. During thismovement, this hair pin is spread in the manner described before andreturns into closed condition while gripping the curl from both flatsides.

As soon as the pin 65 disengages the spring 63 from the projection 64,the stems 61 and 55 return to their original positions. The stem 55,withdrawn from the hair pin container, makes the way free for anotherhair pin to move into contact with the wall 49 under the urge resultingfrom the spring 47.

After the curl has been secured by the application of one or more hairpins, the device is withdrawn from the scalp whereby the curl with thesecuring pins slips from the curling core. The curling core returnsautomatically to its original position, and the device is ready for themaking of another curl.

I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to theparticular embodiment shown and described, the same being merelyillustrative, and that my invention may be carried out in other wayswithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit of my invention as it is obvious that the particular embodimentso aflixed to one of the racks 23 that, when the handle shown anddescribed is only one of the many that may be employed to attain theobjects of my invention.

Having described the nature of my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair curler comprising a housing, a curling core rotatably carriedby said housing, a hair pin container forming an extension of saidhousing and having an opening leading from its interior in a directioncrossing the rotary axis of said core, a push member movable in saidcontainer toward said opening and adapted to push a hair pin throughsaid opening, a projection extending from a wall of said opening,narrowing a portion of said opening and having a wedge-shapedcross-section wider at the outside than at the inside of said containerwhereby said opening has two broader portions and a narrower Por ionconnecting said broader portions and is adapted for passage, throughsaid broader portions, of the legs of a hair pin which are broader thatsaid narrower opening portion, for spreading said legs during saidpassage and for passage of a hair pin head end not broader than saidnarrower opening portion.

2. A hair curler comprising a housing, a curling core rotatably carriedby said housing, a hair pin container forming an extension of saidhousing and having an opening leading from'its interior in a directioncrossing the rotary axis of said core, a push member movable in saidcontainer toward said opening and adapted to push a hair pin throughsaid opening, a handle movably carried by said housing, transmissionmeans operable by said handle and rotating said core, and othertransmission means operable by said handle and operating said pushmember.

3. A hair curler comprising a housing, a curling core rotatably carriedby said housing, a hair pin container forming an extension of saidhousing and having an opening leading from its interior in a directioncrossing the rotary axis of said core, a push member movable in saidcontainer toward said opening and adapted to push a hair pin throughsaid opening, a handle movably carried by said housing, transmissionmeans operable by said handle, rotating said core and including amovement transmitting element shiftable out of transmitting position,and other transmission means operable by said handle and operating saidpush member.

4. A hair curler comprising a housing, a curling core rotatably carriedby said housing, a hair pin container forming an extension of saidhousing and having an opening leading from its interior in a directioncrossing the rotary axis of said core, a push member movable in saidcontainer toward said opening and adapted to push a hair pin throughsaid opening, a handle movably carried by said housing, transmissionmeans operable by said handle, rotating said core and including meansfor reversing the rotary direction of said core, and other transmissionmeans operable by said handle and operating said push member.

5. A hair curler comprising a housing, a curling core rotatably carriedby said housing, a hair pin container forming an extension of saidhousing and having an opening leading from its interior in a directioncrossing the rotary axis of said core, a push member movable in saidcontainer toward said opening and adapted to push a hair pin throughsaid opening, a handle movably carried by said housing, transmissionmeans operable by said handle and rotating said core, and othertransmission means operable by said handle and operating said pushmember, said latter means including a disengageable catch transmittingmovement from said handle only in engaged condition.

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